We sincerely value your business as a Premier Gold member. We noticed you haven’t been flying with us as much lately, so we’re giving you this exclusive opportunity to earn bonus Premier qualifying miles toward your status for next year.

Earn an additional 50% bonus PQM when you purchase United First®, United Global FirstSM, United Business®, BusinessFirst® or full-fare United Economy® tickets. Add that to the 50% bonus PQM you already earn when you purchase these classes of service and you have a 100% PQM bonus.

Earn 50% bonus PQM on select discounted United Economy fares.
With this exclusive offer, you can earn a 50% PQM bonus when you travel on discounted United Economy tickets.

Register today and earn up to double PQM. Book and travel now through December 7, 2012.

Offer is not valid on United-marketed code-share flights operated by other carriers.

Offer is not valid on government fares.

Offer is not combinable and can be earned an unlimited number of times.

Bonus will be posted to the member’s MileagePlus account at the end of the promotion period, and by December 31, 2012.

E-Ticket® purchase is required. Tickets purchased in the U.S. through United Reservations are subject to a $25 ticketing fee and tickets purchased at airport ticket counters are subject to a $30 ticketing fee. Fees are subject to change.

Flight activity must be posted to the member’s account by December 15, 2012 in order to qualify for this promotion.

Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.

Miles accrued, awards issued and bonus offers are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program. For complete details about the program, visit united.com/mileageplus.

I rec'd the offer. Gold this year after several years at plat/1k. But I already have bookings to get back to plat next year. And I've always only purchased the very cheapest ticket I could find as all of my travel is personal and on my own nickel.

How nice. I'm still loyal and still at Platinum until late October. So this means that people who have flown less and/or switched their loyalty will receive more PQMs per flight than I do. I can't write what I want to say, but here's a hint: ____ you, Smisek! What a slap in the face to those of us who have stuck this out.

How nice. I'm still loyal and still at Platinum until late October. So this means that people who have flown less and/or switched their loyalty will receive more PQMs per flight than I do. I can't write what I want to say, but here's a hint: ____ you, Smisek! What a slap in the face to those of us who have stuck this out.

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PMCO would do this every now and then (especially in bad times) but they would make it available to all with only a specified period limiting it. It would be nice if they treated us all even-handedly.

PMCO would do this every now and then (especially in bad times) but they would make it available to all with only a specified period limiting it. It would be nice if they treated us all even-handedly.

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Why in the world should they. Kettles are going to remain kettles, so they don't need any incentive to fly. And people like me who are already pumping money into the organization are going to reach the 1K level without additional assistance, so why target us?? It is those who have slipped in "attendance" who may need some additional incentive to reach their goal (and more importantly, pump more money into the company). It's all about business.

Would I like to get such an incentive. Sure. I could use some more upgrade instruments. But I do get it.

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Would I like to get such an incentive. Sure. I could use some more upgrade instruments. But I do get it.

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Yup. I'd love more upgrade instruments but the reality is I'm not the target market so there is no point in them targeting me with an offer. Marketing is getting smarter. Hard to accept some days, but that's the way it is. Their goal is to change behavior and drive additional revenue, not just reward travel spend which would have happened anyways.

If it is a very small targeted group, I'll deal with it. If it is large, all of us mid-tier elites will find more competition pushing us out of upgrades. Despite being a MM, I am an active FF and earned my status last year. I am planning out an jump in status this year and this offer would help.

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